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The Way We Get By: Alex Wolff Has Been Watching Magic Documentaries and Writing Monologues

Actor-musician Alex Wolff, whose latest film Castle in the Ground is out now on VOD, shares what he’s been doing during coronavirus lockdown.

May 19, 2020

Talkhouse Film Contributors Remember Lynn Shelton

Megan Griffiths, Joshua Leonard, Noël Wells and more pay tribute to the great writer-director, who tragically passed away on Friday aged 54.

Video Essay: On the Importance of Exploding Heads [NSFW]

Benjamin Shearn kicks off his new video essay series, Driftless Significance, by pondering an enduring obsession that started with Scanners.

May 15, 2020

Without Precedent Film Festival: Screening Room

Chris Cascarano and Samantha Allen's High Notes, a Without Precedent Film Festival 48-hour contest finalist, is the latest film to premiere.

Sibling Non-Rivalry

The Burton sisters, who make films and shows together as Five Sisters Productions, explain how their family setup made them ideal collaborators.

On the Trail with Bernie

Pat McGee, the director of the new documentary Bernie Blackout: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, reflects on his journey making the film.

May 12, 2020

Am I the Only One Who Loves … It’s Complicated?

Comedian Anna Roisman bravely makes her case for Nancy Meyers' 2009 rom-com. You know, the one that's not Something's Gotta Give?

May 11, 2020

How a Video Store Became My Film School in ’90s Brazil

Director David Charles Rodrigues never got any formal film education. Instead, he learned everything from his favorite video-store clerk, Cláudio.

Making the Past Present

Driveways director Andrew Ahn processes the death of his grandmother and actor Brian Dennehy by revisiting their performances in his films.

May 7, 2020

He Said / She Said

Co-stars and co-writers Joshua Leonard and Jess Weixler share their (slightly differing) perspectives on their new film Fully Realized Humans.

What Happened When Our Election-Hacking Doc Came Out During Coronavirus

Two of the directors of Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America’s Elections share the important takeaways from their sobering investigative doc.

How the Parental Dating Scene of the 1980s Led Me to Direct To the Stars

Director Martha Stephens traces back the roots of her fascination with being a teenager in the '50s and '60s, the focus of her latest film.

May 4, 2020